Theresa May suffered a fresh Brexit blow last night as the EU’s chief negotiator rubbished her trade plan. Michel Barnier told a German newspaper her proposal to keep tariffs on goods roughly the same as inside the EU but put services outside it “is not practical”. He added: “If we let the British cherrypick, that would have serious consequences: all sorts of other third countries could insist that we offer them the same deal. “It would end the single market and the European project.” Former Brexit Secretary David Davis – who quit over Mrs May’s plan agreed by minsters at Chequers – vowed to oppose it in any Commons vote. He told the BBC: “The Chequers deal is actually almost worse than being in.” Ex-Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson likened negotiations to a “preordained” wrestling bout and said the EU would be the victor. He added in his newspaper column: “The inevitable outcome is… the UK lying flat on the canvas with 12 stars circling symbolically over our semi-conscious head.” The Cabinet civil war deepened as Trade Secretary Liam Fox rubbished Chancellor Philip Hammond’s claims of borrowing being £80billion a year higher by 2033 under a no-deal Brexit. He said: “Can you think back to where the Treasury made predictions that were correct 15 years out?” Earlier, it was claimed Sir Lynton Crosby has ordered allies to work with Mr Johnson to run a campaign against Mrs May. The election guru was blamed for last year’s snap election disaster, which cost… [Read full story]